Collar clip



COLLAR CLIP Filed Feb. 10. 1941 ATTORNEX Patented May 4, 1943 Ramon Gonzalez Barreto, Habana, Cuba Application February 10, 1941, Serial No. 378,289 In Cuba February 14, 1940 2 Claims.

This invention relates to a collar holder or clasp.

It is an object of the invention to provide a main element having thereon a pair of cam actuated jaw members designed to engage the adjacent edges of a collar in order to maintain them in a desired position.

A further object of the invention is to provide an improved holder for collars in which the clamping action of the collar holding members is secured by cam action while the release of such members is secured by spring action.

A further object of the invention is to provide a construction of the character indicated which is sturdy and simple in operation while at the same time being ornamental.

With the above and other objects in view, which will become apparent from the detailed description below, the improved collar holder is shown in the drawing in which:

Fig. 1 is a front elevational view having a holder attached to the collar,

Fig. 2 is a front elevational view of the holder alone upon an enlarged scale,

Fig. 3 is a rear elevational view of the holder,

Fig. 4 is a top plan view,

Fig. 5 is a cross sectional View taken upon the section line 5-5 of Fig. 2,

Fig. 6 is a cross sectional view taken upon the section line 6-6 of Fig. 4,

Fig. 7 is a perspective view of the main element of the clasp,

Fig. 8 is a perspective view of one of the collar clamping elements which cooperates with the back surface of the main collar holding element, and

Fig. 9 is a perspective view of one of the cam operating elements designed to cooperate with the element shown in Fig. 8.

Referring to the drawing in which similar reference characters are used for like parts, the main element of the holder, shown particularly in Fig. 7, constitutes the front bar I of the shape indicated. Such front bar I has a short flange la extending rearwardly from the top edge thereof and a similar flange to extending rearwardly from the bottom edge thereof. Extending rearwardly from these flanges and constituting a part of the metal of which the bar I and the flanges are formed are the supporting members 2, 2 in which the other elements forming the holder are mounted. The supporting elements 2, 2 are provided with aligned apertures 3, 3 for the reception of the cam operating members and aligned apertures 4, 4 for receiving the pivot pin 1 upon which the collar holding members 5 and 6 are pivotally mounted.

The collar holding elements 5 and 6 are formed as shown particularly in Fig. 8. The member 5 comprises the collar holding lever and extending from one end thereof at right angles thereto is 'a lug l2 having an aperture [3 therein for receiving the pivot pin 1. The collar holding member 6 is formed similarly with a lug l2 and an aperture 13 but when positioned on the pivot 1, the lug I2 is in reversed position so that as shown clearly in Fig. 6, one of the lugs l2 upon the element 5, for instance, is located adjacent the lower support element 2 while the lug l2 upon the element 6 is located adjacent the upper supporting element 2. Encircling the pivot pin 1 and positioned between the two lugs I2 is a coil spring 8 whose ends act against the elements 5 and 6, as clearly shown in Fig. 5 tending to move the elements 5 and 5 at their free ends away from the bar I.

Pivotally mounted in the aligned apertures 3 of the main element are the cam elements 9. These elements are constructed, as shown in Fig. 9 with the pivots II and the actuating cam portion l0 which reacts with the element 5 and 6. The cam elements [0 extend at right angles t the manipulating portion of the elements 9. Also, the cam elements 9 at their pivot points constitute abutments for limiting the motion of the elements 5 and. 6 away from the bar I under the action of the spring 8. The handle portions of the operating cams 9 are furnished with an onset portion which will extend above and below the upper and lower edges of the main bar I so as to aid in the operation of such elements. This is shown clearly in Figs. 2 and 3 of the drawing.

In Fig. 5, the dotted lines indicated by A show the edges or ends of the collar which are to be held between the elements 5 and 6 and the bar I. In Fig. 5, the left hand end of the collar is shown in clamped position while at the right hand, the clamping element 6 is shown in released position. The swing of the cam elements 9 to locking and unlocking position is shown by dot and dash lines.

In Fig. 4, the release positions of the operating elements 9 and the clamping elements 5 and 6 are shown in dotted lines.

Various changes may be made in the construction above set forth but it is desired to include all modifications which will fall within the scope of the following claims.

I claim as my invention:

1. A collar holder comprising a main bar, a

a pair of clamping levers pivotally mounted in the legs of said bar, a spring supported on the pivot of said clamping levers and normally urging the free ends of said clamping elements away from said bar and a pair of manually operable cam elements pivotally mounted also in the legs of said bar for swinging said clamping elements into clamping position and also serving for limiting the movement of said clamping elements away from 10 said bar under the action of said spring.

RAMON GONZALEZ BARRETO. 

